[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6550-6551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2532]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

    The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.):

PRT-798085

Applicant: Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, CA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a female captive-bred 
Andean condor (Vulture gryphus) from the Buenos Aires Zoo, Buenos 
Aires, Argentina, for the purpose of enhancement of propagation and 
survival of the species through captive-breeding.

PRT-798343

Applicant: Top Cats, Ltd., New Hill, NC.

    The applicant requests a permit to import one male captive-bred 
bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) and a one female captive-bred leopard 
(Panthera pardus) from Nikki Riddell, London, England, for the purpose 
of enhancement of survival of the species through conservation 
education.

PRT-783660

Applicant: Keith A. Evans, Las Vegas, NV.

    The applicant request a permit to export and reimport a pair of 
captive-bred leopards (Panthera pardus), a pair of captive-born snow 
leopards (Panthera uncia) and one male and two female captive-born 
tigers (Panthera tigris) to and from Europe, for the purpose of 
enhancement of survival of the species through conservation education.

PRT-798280

Applicant: Gluck Equine Res. Ctr., University of Kentucky, 
Lexington, KY.

    The applicant requests a permit to import from Canada and Australia 
biological samples of blood and DNA from captive held zoo animals of 
the following species: Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii), Grevy's 
zebra (E. grevyi), Asian wild ass (E. hemionus), Hartmann's mountain 
zebra (E. zebra hartemannae), cape mountain zebra (E. zebra zebra), 
African wild ass (E. africanus), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), 
Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), and nothern white 
rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), taken in the course of normal 
husbandry procedures for the purpose of scientific research on equine 
evolution.

PRT-798281

Applicant: Gluck Equine Res. Ctr., University of Kentucky, 
Lexington, KY.

    The applicant requests a permit to export to Australia samples of 
purified DNA of endangered and threatened equines and rhinoceros listed 
in PRT-798281 (above) for the purpose of scientific research on equine 
evolution.

PRT-798275

Applicant: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Vienna, VA.

    The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import 2 captive-
born and 7 captive-held Asian elephants (Elaphus maximus) to/from the 
Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico, for the purpose of 
enhancement of survival of the species through conservation education.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Director, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be 
received by the Director within 30 days of the date of this 
publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North 

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Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-
2104); FAX: (703/358-2281).

    Dated: January 27, 1995.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 95-2532 Filed 2-1-95; 8:45 am]
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